Michael Clarence Salzle
Internal Medicine Physician · Laguna Hills, CA
Michael Clarence Salzle is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Laguna Hills, California, and NPI 1578203063, issued on Mar 31, 2022. Check the license (California 198737, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Clarence Salzle
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 198737 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 26581 Bridlewood Dr, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
- Phone
- (949) 939-3756
- Enumerated
- Mar 31, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jan 14, 2025
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Michael Clarence Salzle in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license 198737Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
81 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium14 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $227.57
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Michael Clarence Salzle among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Michael Clarence Salzle is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 95% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 95% of these records are older, 2% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2025 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
56 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Laguna Hills
They are 56 of the 2,069 NPPES records with a practice address in Laguna Hills, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Michael Clarence Salzle's NPI number?
Michael Clarence Salzle's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578203063, issued on Mar 31, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Clarence Salzle located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 26581 Bridlewood Dr, Laguna Hills, CA, 92653. Phone: (949) 939-3756. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Clarence Salzle's license?
NPPES lists California license number 198737, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Michael Clarence Salzle prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Clarence Salzle had 81 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.